← Back to context Comment by whimsicalism 1 day ago maybe wherever you are from that’s true, but not really in the developed anglosphere 8 comments whimsicalism Reply shagmin 1 day ago This stuff is true in the US to some extent. whimsicalism 1 day ago no it's not, but i get that it's "in" to hate on the US political structure. essentially all federal cases are randomly assigned shagmin 1 day ago I don't think it's widespread by any means but the US Supreme Court has been directly pulled into this exact topic.https://www.npr.org/2024/10/21/g-s1-28919/supreme-court-judg...https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/judg...https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/03/27/judge-shopping-expl... 1 reply → nhinck2 1 day ago https://www.cigionline.org/articles/why-east-texas-ground-ze... 1 reply → Yeul 1 day ago In my country judges don't get elected. They pretty much sit in their ivory tower and fuck up anyone they want.Which is part of the reason why the Netherlands is not a superpower. 1 reply →
shagmin 1 day ago This stuff is true in the US to some extent. whimsicalism 1 day ago no it's not, but i get that it's "in" to hate on the US political structure. essentially all federal cases are randomly assigned shagmin 1 day ago I don't think it's widespread by any means but the US Supreme Court has been directly pulled into this exact topic.https://www.npr.org/2024/10/21/g-s1-28919/supreme-court-judg...https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/judg...https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/03/27/judge-shopping-expl... 1 reply → nhinck2 1 day ago https://www.cigionline.org/articles/why-east-texas-ground-ze... 1 reply → Yeul 1 day ago In my country judges don't get elected. They pretty much sit in their ivory tower and fuck up anyone they want.Which is part of the reason why the Netherlands is not a superpower. 1 reply →
whimsicalism 1 day ago no it's not, but i get that it's "in" to hate on the US political structure. essentially all federal cases are randomly assigned shagmin 1 day ago I don't think it's widespread by any means but the US Supreme Court has been directly pulled into this exact topic.https://www.npr.org/2024/10/21/g-s1-28919/supreme-court-judg...https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/judg...https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/03/27/judge-shopping-expl... 1 reply → nhinck2 1 day ago https://www.cigionline.org/articles/why-east-texas-ground-ze... 1 reply → Yeul 1 day ago In my country judges don't get elected. They pretty much sit in their ivory tower and fuck up anyone they want.Which is part of the reason why the Netherlands is not a superpower. 1 reply →
shagmin 1 day ago I don't think it's widespread by any means but the US Supreme Court has been directly pulled into this exact topic.https://www.npr.org/2024/10/21/g-s1-28919/supreme-court-judg...https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/judg...https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/03/27/judge-shopping-expl... 1 reply →
Yeul 1 day ago In my country judges don't get elected. They pretty much sit in their ivory tower and fuck up anyone they want.Which is part of the reason why the Netherlands is not a superpower. 1 reply →
This stuff is true in the US to some extent.
no it's not, but i get that it's "in" to hate on the US political structure. essentially all federal cases are randomly assigned
I don't think it's widespread by any means but the US Supreme Court has been directly pulled into this exact topic.
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/21/g-s1-28919/supreme-court-judg...
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/judg...
https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/03/27/judge-shopping-expl...
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https://www.cigionline.org/articles/why-east-texas-ground-ze...
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In my country judges don't get elected. They pretty much sit in their ivory tower and fuck up anyone they want.
Which is part of the reason why the Netherlands is not a superpower.
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